Partners for Places Grant Application Copyright 2014
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 10.
ITEM TITLE: Partners for Places Grant Application
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending approval to submit a Partners
for Places Grant Application in partnership with the
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Partners for Places Grant Application-MVM Memo City Manager Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
Grant Application Supporting Documentation
Grant Application Budget Supporting Documentation
THE CITY OF Dubuque
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Partners for Places Grant Application
DATE: February 11, 2016
Sustainable Community Coordinator Cori Burbach recommends City Council approval
to submit a Partners for Places Grant Application in partnership with the Community
Foundation of Greater Dubuque in the amount of$142,000 over a two year period. The
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque is committed to providing 1:1 match, as
required by the grant program. A portion of the Sustainable Community Coordinator,
Human Rights Director, Equity Outreach Coordinator, and Police Chief's time are used
as in-kind grant leverage in this application, totaling $48,320. This is additional, optional
leverage beyond the required match provided by the Community Foundation of Greater
Dubuque. The City would receive up to $7,000 for supplies required to implement the
City's portion of the grant activities.
There are three components of the two-year proposed grant:
1. Resilient neighborhoods. In partnership with Inclusive Dubuque network partners
and residents, will establish a resilient neighborhood strategy, a list of outcomes
for a neighborhood that will be more resilient in the face of a natural disaster or
civil unrest. This set of criteria will be tested in the Washington Neighborhood,
where many of the community's efforts to improve quality of life and safety for
residents have been targeted. The long-term intention of these grant activities is
to help build capacity in neighborhoods so that residents are better able to
prepare for, prevent, and recover from emergencies. This activity will include
distribution of resident emergency kits, and increasing participation in the
Neighbor 2 Neighbor and Code Red programs.
2. Resilient City. This set of activities will focus on how well the City and its
partners are prepared for emergencies. It will include a comprehensive review of
existing emergency preparedness plans using the City's new equity toolkit, and
the addition of a plan to prevent and react to civil unrest element in the existing
emergency prevention and response plans.
3. Increased partner capacity. This set of activities will focus on how non-profits
and service providers work together in Dubuque in the event of an emergency. It
will include work with the Inclusive Dubuque working groups, and re-energization
of the Volunteer Organizing Active in Disaster, which the City and the Community
Foundation of Greater Dubuque are both active members.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
Cori Burbach, Sustainable Community Coordinator
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THE CITY OF Dubuque
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TO: Michael Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Cori Burbach, Sustainable Community Coordinator
SUBJECT: Partners for Places Grant Application
DATE: February 10, 2016
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memo is to request City Council approval to submit the attached
grant application to the Partners for Places program. The grant must be submitted in
partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque (CFGD).
BACKGROUND
The Partners for Places grant program is a program of the The Funders Network. The
program, now in its third year, was established to foster relationships between municipal
sustainability coordinators and local, place-based foundations. National funders invest
in local projects to promote a healthy environment, a strong economy, and well-being of
all residents. Through these projects, Partners for Places fosters long-term relationships
that make our urban areas more prosperous, livable, and vibrant. A municipal
sustainability coordinator and local foundation must apply to the program together. A
1:1 match of the requested amount is required from the community foundation.
A new equity category was added to the Partners for Places program this year. The
same requirements of the grant continue to apply, with the additional requirement that a
city and foundation must identify an area of equity work that they will address through
the grant. Dubuque was one of a small group of cities invited to apply for this pilot
round. An additional priority, as stated by The Funders Network, will be given to
communities that address climate adaptation in their proposal.
DISCUSSION
Human Rights Director Kelly Larson and I have been working with CFGD for several
months to develop the attached proposal. It was important for us to identify a grant
application that integrated into existing work that the City and CFGD are working on.
The basis for the project comes from the needs identified in the Inclusive Dubuque
equity profile and STAR Communities certification process. The project also integrates
with the City's efforts to improve our emergency response process and our focus on
neighborhood safety.
There are three components of the two-year proposed grant:
1 . Resilient neighborhoods. In partnership with Inclusive Dubuque network partners
and residents, we will establish a resilient neighborhood strategy, a list of outcomes for
a neighborhood that will be more resilient in the face of a natural disaster or civil unrest.
This set of criteria will be tested in the Washington Neighborhood, where many of our
community's efforts to improve quality of life and safety for residents have been
targeted. The long-term intention of these grant activities is to help build capacity in
neighborhoods so that residents are better able to prepare for, prevent, and recover
from emergencies. This activity will include distribution of resident emergency kits, and
increasing participation in the Neighbor 2 Neighbor and Code Red programs.
2. Resilient City. This set of activities will focus on how well the City and its partners are
prepared for emergencies. They will include a comprehensive review of existing
emergency preparedness plans using the City's new equity toolkit, and the addition of a
plan to prevent and react to civil unrest element in our existing emergency prevention
and response plans.
3. Increased partner capacity. This set of activities will focus on how non-profits and
service providers work together in Dubuque in the event of an emergency. It will include
work with the Inclusive Dubuque working groups, and re-energization of the Volunteer
Organizing Active in Disaster (VOAD), which the City and CFGD are both active
members.
Total requested grant funds total $142,000 over two years. The CFGD has committed
to providing 1 :1 match, as required by the grant program.
BUDGETIMPACT
A portion of the Sustainable Community Coordinator, Human Rights Director, Equity
Outreach Coordinator, and Police Chief's time are used as in-kind grant leverage in this
application, totaling $48,320. This is additional, optional leverage beyond the required
match, which is provided by the CFGD. The City would receive up to $7,000 for
supplies required to implement our portion of the grant activities.
REQUESTED ACTION
I respectfully request City Council approval of the submittal of the attached application
to the Partners for Places grant program.
Cc: Kelly Larson, Human Rights Director
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Proposal for Partners for Places Equity Pilot Initiative-Cover Sheet(2 pages max.)
Name of Applicants:
City or County: Dubuque State IA
Name of Person Cori Burbach
Title Sustainable Community Coordinator
Department City Mangers Office
Email: cburbachPcitvofdubuque.org
Telephone: 563.690.6038 Ext:
Foundation name: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
City: Dubuque State IA
Name of Person Nancy Van Milligen
Title CEO
Email: nancvPdbgfoundation.org
Telephone: 563.588.2700 Ext:
A. Primary Contact Person
Name: Cori Burbach
Title: Sustainable Community Coordinator
Organization: City of Dubuque
Mailing address: 50 W 13th St
City: Dubuque State: IA Zip: 52001
Email: cburbach@cityofdubuque.org
Telephone: 563.690.6038 Ext:
B. Proposed Grant Recipient(local foundation, 501c3 created by city or government,or partner nonprofit)
Name of
Organization: Community Foundation of Dubuque
Federal Tax ID#: 42-1526614
Contact Person: Eric Dregne
Title VP Strategic Initiatives
Mailing address 700 Locust Street,Suite 195
City: Dubuque State IA Zip 52001
Email: eric@dbqfoundation.org
Telephone: 563-688-2700 Ext:
C. Amount of request: $ 142,000
❑ One-year request. If so, will you likely apply for second-year support? ❑ Yes. ❑ No.
✓ Two-year request
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D. Amount of Local Match: $150,000
Name of matching organization(s): Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
E. Total Project Budget: $348,320(Year 1: $183,910.Year 2: $172,410)
F. Project Title: (for use on website's Idea Bank) Empowering Resilient Neighborhoods in Dubuque
G. Purpose of Project(25 words or less): Partners, residents, and service providers will develop and pilot a resilient
neighborhood framework,strengthen intermediary capacity and improve philanthropic and nonprofit readiness for
disaster.
H. Brief description of project goals, strategy, and key activities (250 words or less):
Disaster responders agree that local government, nonprofit, community,and philanthropic organizations play a
critical role in ensuring resilient communities that are prepared for disaster response. The project will increase the
resiliency and adaptive capacity of our most vulnerable neighborhood so that residents are ready to prepare for,
respond to,and recover from natural and manmade shocks,and the impacts of climate change in partnership with
local governments and non-profits.
Key outcomes:
✓ empowered and organized neighborhoods—working together with residents,community leaders,and
service providers, the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque (CFGD) and City of Dubuque will develop
a resilient neighborhood framework for Dubuque's Washington neighborhood.
✓ robust nonprofit readiness and resilience—CFGD will replicate PPREP training for nonprofits and fully
implement disaster grantmaking and development practices.
✓ improved intermediary capacity—government,Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD),and key
nonprofits will be strengthened so they can effectively engage,coordinate, and ensure positive impacts
before,during and/or after a disaster.
Initial outreach to low-income and minority members of the Washington Neighborhood will focus on personal
preparedness and engage residents in larger systems-wide resiliency and preparedness planning. By developing the
framework in our most racially diverse neighborhood,we will learn to apply a focus on equity and engage diverse
populations.
This work builds on findings regarding needs in our most at-risk neighborhoods identified in a community equity
profile recently completed by Inclusive Dubuque, a network of more than 60 partners focused on increasing equity
and inclusion, led by the CFGD.
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brief project description (1) uploaded to the "Idea Bank" on the Funders' Network website.
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Proposal Narrative
A. Background rationale for project: Over the past decade,the City of Dubuque (City) and Community Foundation of
Greater Dubuque (CFGD) have aligned their priorities around issues of equity and community resiliency. Learning from
efforts to improve neighborhoods and respond to disasters has moved both organizations towards strategies that build
broader neighborhood resiliency.
Since 2005, public and private resources have gone into the revitalization of the Washington Neighborhood, located in
Dubuque's historic downtown and home to some of our most low-income,at-risk, and racially-diverse populations.
Existing efforts through support of a neighborhood development corporation have resulted in investment by business
owners in store fronts and housing, aligned closely with housing rehabilitation efforts. An ongoing partnership between
the City and CFGD supports the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative and impacts hundreds of homes by helping families
remediate lead and make their homes healthy and safe from know health hazards.
Recently the City completed the STAR Communities rating process which identified, the need to deepen current crisis
management plans and expand them to include civil unrest. In addition, the Dubuque City Council has made review of
police best practices a top priority,with an emphasis on building upon recommendations from the President's Task
Force on 21st Century Policing. At the core of 21st Century Policing is a focus on stable police-community relations, and
at the core of successful local government are inclusive planning processes. Equally important is the development of
powerful,organized relationships at the neighborhood level amongst neighbors and across socio-economic and racial
differences.
Simultaneously,the CFGD has been participating in PPREP-the Philanthropic Preparedness, Resiliency,and Emergency
Partnership. PPREP is a learning group convened and supported by the Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable
Communities designed to support community foundations and equip them with the tools and knowledge they need to
serve their communities for disaster preparedness, resiliency and long-term recovery. By participating in PPREP, the
CFGD is honing its ability to guide philanthropic partnerships to better prepare for and recover from natural disasters.
The CFGD has supported resiliency efforts, mainly in response to disaster/crisis,since the mid-2000's with several grants
to Dubuque intermediaries and to surrounding communities of Cedar Rapids and the Quad Cities. During that time,
CFGD also made grants to the 2-1-1 systems that provide around-the-clock, multi-lingual information and referrals to
social services,and, in disaster, emergency-related information as well.
Most recently,the CFGD has led a community effort to understand equity and the impact of disparities called Inclusive
Dubuque. This network,facilitated by CFGD,completed a Community Equity Profile in 2015 that identified the impacts
of disparities related to race, poverty and other factors on neighborhoods and neighborhood resiliency. CFGD staff are
supporting working groups focused on taking action to address challenges related to health,safety, education,
employment,and housing—all critical factors in ensuring resilient neighborhoods.
Through these efforts the two partners have recognized that strategies to build deep resiliency include efforts to
improve safety,the ability to bounce back from crisis,and must go further to support engaged,connected citizens in
thriving, and vibrant neighborhoods. This project will build and pilot a framework for deep resiliency in neighborhoods.
A. Project goals and desired results
Objective 1: Resilient Neighborhood Framework piloted in the Washington Neighborhood (CFGD leads)
a. Identification of resilient neighborhood characteristics, indicators
b. Replicate Seattle's SNAP strategy to help prepare residents to be self-sufficient in "first 72 hours' and equipping
them with disaster preparedness kits
c. Increased neighborhood connectedness through participation in Inclusive Dubuque working groups established
to increase equity in health, education, housing,and neighborhoods in order to strengthen neighborhood safety.
This will include improving communication with traditionally marginalized populations and strategies to
empower them to play a leadership role in their neighborhood.
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Objective 2: Resilient Government(City leads)
a. Analyze current emergency preparedness plans using an equity toolkit to identify and address biases implicit in
the plan that could inadvertently have a negative impact on minority and low-income communities.
b. Host table top drill to prepare for newly-identified shocks (e.g. civil unrest)
C. Establish an informal Chief's Forum between the Chief of Police and leadership from low-income communities,
communities of color,and faith communities. Establish and/or deepen relationships with these communities so
that they can be part of the response plan in the event of an emergency.
d. Pilot use of the newly-developed equity toolkit in a multi-department planning process focused on those
departments most impacted by civil unrest and responding to natural disasters. Train employees on use of the
toolkit,capture lessons learned and opportunities for improvement, and develop a case study to share with all
City departments for future use.
Objective 3: Resilient Community (Partners co-lead)
a. Reactivate VOAD partners to ensure VOAD best-practices are in place and integrated.
b. Establish bi-annual resiliency convening to review resiliency factors and preparedness.
c. Increase linkages of government, non-profit,and faith-based organizations that currently do,or could, prepare
for and respond to a disaster.
C. Detailed work plan.The following work plan builds on racial equity training that has been completed by City staff
and Inclusive Dubuque network partners in the last 18 months. While not a comprehensive training, the events held to
date build a strong foundation and shared understanding about the historical and current racial inequities in our
community. The Inclusive Dubuque initiative provides strong data,through the community equity profile,and two
years'worth of authentic engagement and capacity building that can be built upon with the trainings proposed in this
work plan.
Timeline Workplan Deliverable Lead Supporting
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CJ-2 With stakeholders,develop Resilient Neighborhood framework and indicators. Neighborhood Resiliency framework, 1 CFGD/City Sustainability
(indicators developed 1Coordi nator
Q3-4 Prioritize action items,integrate with recommendations of Inclusive Dubuque Action Planfor Inclusive Dubuque CFGD/Inc Dbq Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods working group,and assign leaders forimplementation/next steps (Neighborhoods working group (Working group
Q4-5 Replicate'Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare'neighborhood preparation model SNAPtoolkit adopted for Dubuque City Sustainability Coordinator/
linthe Washington neighborhood I lCFGD/Americorps
Q4-5 (Ensure Resiliency Frameworksupports equity;Inclusive Dubuque learning is shared (Neighborhood Resiliency framework Hu man Rights Dept/CFGD/
inside and outsidethe community his developed and shared Incl us ive Du buque Staff(Rae e
I I (Forward assistance)
QS-8 i Ambassadors distribute emergency preparation kits in Washington Neighborhood 100 kits distributed annually, I Equity Outreach Coordinator/CFGD
I SNAP toolkit shared in Washington Neighborhood especially to minority and at-risk (Americorps
populations I
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Q1 i Train City staff on use of new equity toolkit. Tool kit modeled from the �1.Analysis of biases in existing plan, H u ma n Ri ghts Di re cto r(Rae e
IGovernment Alliance for Race and Equity I with action plan for addressing Forward assistance)
12.Process/structure in place for I
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ldecisions/policy on equity 1
CJ-4 Analyze existing emergency preparedness plans for unintended biases,gaps in I Development of new civil unrest plan Sustainability Coordinator/Health
(identified hazards,and gaps invulnerable population identification.Draft updated I 1Dept.Director/Emergency
plans. I Management Director/VOAD
I (Director
QS Host crisis response simulation with partners and community leaders to test new I l table top simulation WOAD Director/Health Dept.
I plan(including environmental disasters and civil unrest) I I Director/City Sustainability
I (Coordinator/CFGD
CJ-4 Inclusive Dubuque Neighborhoods strategy: Development of Chief's Forum to i Regular engagement offormal groups�Poli ce Chief/H um an Rights Director
I establish and grow relationships with minority and low-income communities,faith (from minority communites I/Inclusive Dubuque Staff
Q2-8 Reactivate VOAD partners to ensure VOAD"best-practices"are in place and Dubuque VOAD is a"best-practice" CFGD/Health Dept.Director/VOAD
I integrated in all planning. I model partners
Q3 Establish bi-annual resiliency convening/review first held Q3 CFGD/Health Dept Director/VOAD
I partners
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The workplan is a combination of framework development and action-oriented steps. By first building a neighborhood
resiliency framework and identifying indicators and a baseline in our pilot Washington Neighborhood, we will build
shared community understanding of the term resiliency, racial equity issues as they currently exist in our community,
and a comprehensive list of shocks and stressors that could influence our neighborhoods and service providers. The
framework will engage stakeholders and residents in creating a prioritized action plan to improve the resiliency of a
neighborhood. While we will pilot our work in the Washington Neighborhood,the creation of a framework will allow us
to expand this work to every neighborhood in Dubuque in the future,where demographics,threats, and prioritized
action steps may differ.
The action-oriented portion of this work plan will build shared ownership in creating a more resilient neighborhood,and
address gaps that either have already been identified,or will be through the framework development and analysis
phase. Specifically:
• The Equity Outreach Coordinator will work with the City and CFGD to implement actions to help residents
become more self-reliant in the event of an emergency. The Coordinator will recruit,train, and supervise
neighborhood ambassadors who will distribute emergency kits to their neighbors. This strategy will build long-
term knowledge, leadership and capacity in neighborhoods and also increase the likelihood of resident
participation when they are approached by a neighbor(rather than a City employee). While distributing kits,
ambassadors will sign residents up for the City's Code Red emergency alert system and share other valuable
resources.
• Through a review of best practices, partners involved in emergency preparedness have identified a gap in
existing plans. While we prioritize response to natural and manmade disaster, we have identified a new
component that needs to be developed in these plans: response to civil unrest. Once this new element is
created, a community-wide tabletop drill will be held to practice implementation of the plan.
• Police Chief Mark Dalsing will lead the development of a Chief's Forum as part of this work. The goal of the
Forum is to strengthen relationships with minority and underrepresented populations. These relationships will
be leveraged to build shared community responsibility for improving quality of life and safety in neighborhoods.
Additionally, in the event of an emergency, participants of the Forum could quickly be activated to work in
partnership with the City and service providers to respond to the needs of their community.
• A Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) currently exists in Dubuque County. However,due to a
variety of retirements,changes in leadership, and other factors,this group needs to be reorganized and re-
energized. The equity goals and addition of resiliency and civil unrest components identified in this proposal will
be the impotence to reconvene the group, and intentionally focus on capacity development over the next two
years. The group will review best practices, participate in race and equity training as well as other needed
trainings, and complete a bi-annual resiliency review of all plans and SOPs in order to be better prepared to
assist neighborhoods in the event of an emergency.
B. Plans for evaluating success and tracking/demonstrating impact on racial equity.
Throughout this initiative,we will do the following:
Examine the racial and socio-economic diversity of the target neighborhoods and design interventions based on
the available data.
Develop intentional efforts to include people of color in the process at the leadership level and implementation
level,track disaggregated participation rates, and collect information on successes and barriers identified.
Pilot the use of an equity toolkit modeled after the toolkit provided by the Local and Regional Government
Alliance on Race & Equity. We will adapt the toolkit to make it most relevant to a small, Midwestern community
with shifting racial and ethnic demographics.
Inclusive Dubuque Neighborhoods working group will develop an Equity Action Plan for neighborhoods and
track ongoing progress.
Develop pre-and-post questionnaires to evaluate changes in perspective and sense of empowerment amongst
participating residents.
Implement a tool for post-incident debriefs that includes an equity lens and that is integrated into disaster
response plan and civil unrest plan, and VOAD responses.
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B. Key staff or implementation partners.
CFGD: Eric Dregne, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives,will lead the CFGD's activities. Eric is part of the Local and
Regional Government Alliance on Race and Equity and recently led the development of a Community Equity Profile for
Inclusive Dubuque. Dregne is a 2013 PLACES Fellow and leads community equity and inclusion efforts for the
Foundation.
• Community outreach and training will be lead by Non Profit Partnership Coordinator Wendy Steffen.
• Data collection and analysis will be lead by Inclusive Dubuque staff Erica Ysquierdo and Katrina Farren-Elller,
who led the development of the Community Equity Profile and are now facilitating the Inclusive Dubuque
working groups.
City:Sustainable Community Coordinator Cori Burbach will be the City's primary point of contact and responsible for
coordination of City activities. Cori participated in the USDN Equity Professional Development Series and will facilitate
participation of other City staff, including the Police & Fire Chiefs, Health Director, and other staff involved in the City's
emergency preparedness efforts. She will lead data collection and analysis activities and facilitate an analysis of existing
hazard preparedness plans.
Human Rights Department Director Kelly Larson is part of the Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race
and Equity. She assisted with the development of the Community Equity Profile as an Inclusive Dubuque
network partner,and is leading an effort to infuse racial equity tools into local government decision-making.
Kelly will lead the implementation and analysis of the City's equity toolkit.
Equity Outreach Coordinator Taj Suleyman will be responsible for reaching out to community leaders and
residents throughout the process,with particular focus on representatives of minority populations (NAACP, For
the People, Marshallese community, and Dubuque LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens). Taj will
also be responsible for developing and managing resident leaders who will be the points of contact for
neighborhood preparedness efforts and distribute the emergency preparedness kits.
Police Chief Mark Dalsing will lead the establishment of the Chief's Forum and the strengthening of relationships
and development of shared community response efforts between the Police Department and diverse
community residents.
Dubuque County Emergency Management Coordinator Tom Berger and City Fire Chief Rick Steines will assist in
analysis of existing hazard preparedness plans,and drafting of new hazard scenarios and plan sections,with
support from Human Rights Director Kelly Larson.
Dubuque County Emergency Management Coordinator Tom Berger and Public Health Director Mary Rose
Corrigan will coordinate the re-energizing of the VOAD. They will also serve as expert advisors on the materials
to include in neighborhood preparedness toolkits.
Community Partners:
Inclusive Dubuque Network Partners,and specifically the neighborhoods working group, will assist with
developing a resilient neighborhood framework and indicators.
Washington Neighborhood residents will be engaged as leaders/points of contact for neighborhood response
and distribution of emergency preparedness toolkits
Representatives holding formal and informal leadership positions within racial and ethnic minority communities,
as well as faith communities,will be engaged in the Chief's Forum and will collaborate on the development of an
incident response plan designed to prevent incidents from escalating into civil unrest. Invitees will include
leadership from the following groups and organizations: NAACP, For the People, Inc., the Marshallese
community, LULAC, Friends of India,Tri-State Muslim Association, Black Men Coalition,Children of Abraham,
Dubuque Area Congregations United, Radius Church/Dubuque Dream Center, Dubuque Downtown Christian
Outreach, NAMI,Transgender Dubuque, Gay Dubuque.
C. Capacity to Manage Both Grants: Not applicable.
D. Information on how the project addresses key selection criteria.
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1. Project Design: Our project is modeled after work in San Francisco where, like Dubuque, leaders believe no matter
what your race,class, income or neighborhood,everyone has the right to share and prosper in our democracy and
community. The robust model developed in San Francisco includes six elements of disaster response—powerful
organized neighborhoods, robust nonprofit readiness and resiliency, substantial intermediary capacity, philanthropic
readiness and support for all disaster phases,and Inclusive plans, planning processes, and responsive policy
frameworks and systems. Our project will focus on organizing neighborhoods, increasing nonprofit readiness, and
building intermediary capacity. To further support our resilient neighborhood framework we will incorporate SNAP
(Seattle's Neighborhoods Actively Prepare).
The development of this project is rooted in two year's worth of community communication and education lead by
over 60 Inclusive Dubuque network partners. Through community dialogues and intercultural competency training
for all City employees and various community partners, we have worked (and will continue to work) to build a
shared understanding of racial inequities and opportunities to advance equity within systems and organizations.
Development is also based on qualitative and quantitative data collected through the community equity profile and
STAR Communities certification. Today, Inclusive Dubuque working groups are developing action plans based on
that data. The CFGD and City have thoughtfully designed a grant proposal that integrates into several of the actions
identified in those groups to build capacity within our own organizations as well as partner non-profits and
neighborhoods.
We will strive for equity in our work by disaggregating data related to the impact of our work,educating participants
in the project about racial inequity and cultural competency skills. We will apply strategies to ensure authentic
community engagement as a matter of policy and practice,through an inclusive process and a commitment to
reaching into minority and low-income communities.
City leaders will implement an equity toolkit developed in cooperation with the Government Alliance for Race and
Equity and review existing emergency preparedness plans for unintended bias and gaps in service that impact
vulnerable populations. Police leadership will apply strategies learned from the Justice Depts. Ferguson study
including a "Chiefs Forum"to align with our neighborhood strategy and working group.
2. Team Preparation: Cori Burbach, Sustainability Coordinator, completed USDN Equity Professional Development
Series and leads efforts to infuse equity in the community's sustainability efforts. She is a member of the City's
intercultural competency steering committee and community engagement core team.
Eric Dregne, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives; 2013 PLACES Fellow, member of the Local and Regional
Government Alliance on Race and Equity and oversees the Inclusive Dubuque initiative including leading a
Community Equity Profile for Inclusive Dubuque, as well as equity/inclusion efforts for the Community Foundation.
Kelly Larson, Human Rights Director, is part of the Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race and Equity,
assisted with the development of the community Equity Profile,and is leading an effort to infuse racial equity tools
into local government decision making.
Over 60 businesses, non-profits,faith organizations,governments, and education institutions have committed to be
Inclusive Dubuque network partners. Over 90 external partners, including engaged residents representing minority
populations, have already signed up to participate in Inclusive Dubuque working groups,and will be involved in the
work proposed in this application.
3. Commitment to Equity Impact: Our project will be piloted in the Washington Neighborhood in order to focus on
reversing racial and class disparities in our most at-risk and diverse neighborhood. Data from the Inclusive Dubuque
Equity Profile is being disaggregated to help us understand the racial and poverty mix in the neighborhood. Census
tract data reveals the median income for the neighborhood is$16,852 with more than 25%of whites living below
the poverty line and 65%of blacks below the poverty line in the neighborhood. This compares to a community-wide
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poverty rate of 52.5%for blacks vs. 11.9%for whites. Additionally, data at the community level shows
unemployment for blacks at 22.8%vs. 5.5%for whites.
The goal for this grant application is to reduce racial disparities in neighborhood safety by:
• engaging and supporting neighborhood leadership
• strengthening the ability of neighborhoods to recover in the event of a natural disaster or civil unrest,and
• ensuring that government and philanthropy are equipped to be effective in supporting resilient
neighborhoods.
The focus will be on reducing the frequency and impact of negative events such as flooding,damage to homes,and
gun violence in recent years.
The performance metrics for the project will include:
number and demographics of resident leaders trained;
number and demographics of residents receiving preparedness kits;
number and demographics of residents connected through Next Door(social media platform for
neighborhood connectedness) and/or Code Red (City's emergency notification system);
number of improvements to response plans based on analyzing the plans through an equity lens;
number and demographics of community leaders serving on the Chief's Forum and the role they agree to
play in a disaster.
Inclusive Dubuque has established baseline data regarding equity in several sectors of the community including
Economic Wellbeing, Housing, Education, Healthcare,Transportation,Arts&Culture,and Neighborhoods. We will
use this baseline information and data developed during the project to evaluate our impact on equity in the
neighborhoods we serve, both during and beyond the grant period.
4. Community Involvement: In the process of creating the community equity profile, Inclusive Dubuque held dialogues
over a seven-month period. Each month dialogues were held in the Washington Neighborhood at various locations.
More than 500 community members took part in the dialogues, and nearly 2000 community members took part in a
survey that accompanied the dialogues. Attendees of the dialogues were more racially diverse than the population
overall and reflected the age and income demographics of the community.
Residents most affected by disparities will be involved in the implementation of the proposed project:
as leaders who will be trained to deliver emergency preparedness training and toolkits to their neighbors;
as participants in the Chief's Forum who will develop,along with the Chief of Police, a plan for preventing
civil unrest and responding to potential triggering events;
as participants in the Inclusive Dubuque working groups.
5. Equity Expertise: Our team has local expertise to implement the proposal. Kelly Larson, Human Rights Director, has
served in her position since 1999. She has a law degree and has specialized in civil rights law,and also has an
Intercultural Professional Certificate from the Intercultural Communication Institute, with a focus on using
organizational development practices to address institutional and structural inequities. She has attended numerous
workshops on racial equity,and serves on the Government Alliance on Race and Equity Leadership cohort. She leads
a racially and ethnically diverse team charged with infusing racial equity into local government practices, and has
been recognized for her work by the local branch of the NAACP.
We have also engaged Race Forward,The Center for Justice Innovation to provide expert consultation on the
project. Race Forward supports advocacy and action on complex racial justice issues in several ways. Their work
includes skill-building, leadership development, issue-framing, messaging, and advancing solutions. A cross-sector
team will work with Race Forward to analyze existing emergency preparedness plans using the City's equity toolkit.
Race Forward trainers will also have the opportunity to provide furthered equity training for Inclusive Dubuque
network partners and CFGD and City staff.
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6. Sustainability:This project is supported by three distinct and aligned strategies;
• CFGD's focus on improving equity/inclusion by facilitating the Inclusive Dubuque Network and internal
policy/practice improvements,
• City of Dubuque equity/inclusion efforts including implementation of equity tool and improved community
policing and safety work, and
• The HUD National Disaster Resiliency Competition grant the State of Iowa and City of Dubuque received in
January. Through the grant,$31.5 million will be invested in neighborhoods and homes in the same
neighborhoods targeted in this application. The unique aligning of projects will allow us to reach out to
residents, businesses,and service providers in the Washington Neighborhood with a holistic message about
neighborhood resilience. Together with neighbors,we will identify potential threats to the neighborhood,
including natural disasters,and build physical and social capacity to respond to them. The implementation
of this grant will occur over the next four years.
The proposed activities align with work and fill needed gaps in our current funding and program efforts. The strong
alignment of this proposal with these significant partnerships and long-term strategies will ensure impact beyond
the grant period.
7. Structural Change: Structural change is required in order for us to achieve our overarching goals of resiliency,equity,
and inclusion. This project has the potential to institutionalize equity in core city government operations and work
plans because it will involve use of an equity toolkit to analyze a core city function (disaster response). The toolkit
has already been developed,and is now in its pilot stage. Results will be shared with other departments,and
lessons learned will be used to make adjustments to the toolkit. All of this will be used to support expanded use of
the toolkit in other areas of government. City leadership is embracing this effort.
The CFGD will support the efforts in City Government by supporting a culture in the community that expects equity
and supports an inclusive community. While government can play a significant role in supporting equity, an
equitable community will emerge from the alignment of efforts from many systems and supports across sectors.
The Community Foundation is supporting the learning and partnerships required to encourage cross-sector
structural change through the Inclusive Dubuque Network.
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Dubuque Pop Equity Proposal Budget
Expenses Funding Source
Other
ACTIVIDNEMEMEMMMI Yl Y2 Pot Grant CFGDMatch Leverage
neighborhood meebngfacilitation,framework
Framework for Resilient Neighborhood developed $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 development,planning,printed materials
Framework review $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 review of Impact on equity,facilitated by Race Forward
CFGD leads working groups to build a framework equity
and resiliency In the neighborhood facilitation,meetings,
planning,framework development,data tracking,ongoing
Framework Implementation In pilot neighborhood $ 25,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ 50,000.00 supportand reporting
community meetings,outreach efforts,materials,design
Communications&development $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 10000.00 prinbng
CFGD-Inibaives Communications team develops
Communications support(SNAP and Framework) $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 15,000.00 materials for SNAP and Framework effort
Emergency preparedness kit supplies(SNAP) $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 10000.00 200 @$50 each
Stipends for neighborhood ambassadors(SNAP) $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 10000.00 $10/hp 10 leaders at 50 hours each
CFGD facilitates cross sector connections In the target
neighborhood with minority and lowincome
communities working groups engage dbzens In SNAP
Connect citizens but resilient neighborhood strategies $ 30,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 60,000.00 replication
Personnel&Salaries
coordination of neighborhood empowerment efforts(25
Equity Outreach C000rdinator $ 7,563.00 $ 7,563.00 $ 15,126.00 hours per month for 24 months)
oordination/supportof grant(10 hours per month for 24
Sustainable Community Coordinator $ 7,08200 $ 7,08200 $ 14,164.00 months)
leads neighborhood assessment and Smart 911/
emergency kit effort
Intern/AmerAorps $ 11,500.00 $ 11,500.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 8,000.00 'matched by AmeriCorps Brant
iner
Stafftrainingres equittoolkit $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 completed Incoordination with Race Forward
Analysis and amendment of existing plans $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 charette/analysis process and facilitation
Crisis response simulation $ 500.00 $ 500.00 materials,facilitation
community meetings(venue, materials,food,prinbng)20
Chiefs Forum $ 750.00 $ 750.00 $ 1,500.00 C&$75each
Personal&Salaries
development of chief's Forum(5 hrs per month for 24
PoliceChief $ 3,76200 $ 3,76200 $ 7,524.00 months)
protect management,equity toolkittraining(10 hrs per
Human Rights Director $ 5,753.00 $ 5,753.00 $ 11,506.00 month for 24 months)
CFGD funding-to engage community members In chief's
forum and participamn/supoprtof chief's forum-50E6 of
Inclusive Dubuque Engagement Coordinator $ 15,000.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 30,000.00 JID Engagement coordinators salary/beneft
ACTIVITY 3 Resilient Community&Nom profits
Race Traini ng w/I not usive D ubuque Network $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 15,000.00 trai ning l ndusive Dubuque Retwork(50 partners)
Bi annual VOAD training $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 materials,facilitation
meeting facilitation,plan development,planning,
VOAD Improvement process $ 10000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 15,000.00 materials,staff training
CFGD funding to fadliate VOAD Improvement 20E6 of
CFDGVPStategiclnitiatives $ 22,500.00 $ 22,500.00 $ 45,000.00 VP's salary/benefit
Pop GRANT TOTAL $ 80,750.00 $ 69,250.00 $ 142,000.00
CFGD WTD-1 $ 150,000.00
ADDITIONAL LEVERAGE $ 56,320.00
PROJECT TOTAL $ 183,910.00 $172,410.00 $ 348,320.00